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Fritz Kortner (1892–1970)

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Versatile star character actor, noted for his portrayal of Danton on stage and screen. Son of a jeweller. Studied acting at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Vienna, making his theatrical debut in 1910. Came to fame after 1919 with Max Reinhardt's Deutsches Theater in Berlin, appearing in classical parts such as Shylock and Othello... See more trivia »

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Fritz Nathan Kohn
in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)

Died:

(age 78) in Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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1968 Der Kaufmann von Venedig (TV movie)
Shylock
 
1951 Bluebeard
Haushofsmeister
 
1950 Epilogue
Mr. P. L. Hoopman
 
1949 Der Ruf
Professor Mauthner
 
1948 The Vicious Circle
Joseph Schwartz
 
1948 Berlin Express
Franzen
 
1947 The Brasher Doubloon
Rudolph Vannier
 
1946 The Razor's Edge
Kosti
 
1946 Somewhere in the Night
Anzelmo aka Dr. Oracle
 
1946 The Wife of Monte Cristo
Maillard
 
1944 The Hitler Gang
Gregor Strasser
 
1943 The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
Bauer
 
1943 The Purple V
Thomas Forster
 
1937 Bombs Over London
Minister Peters of Grovnia
 
1935 The Crouching Beast
Ahmed Bey
 
1935 Abdul the Damned
Sultan Abdul Hamid II/Kelar - his double
 
1934 Evensong
Arthur Kober
 
1934 Little Friend
Giant
 
1934 Chu Chin Chow
Abu Hasan
 
1931 Les frères Karamazoff
Dimitri Karamazoff
 
1931 Der Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff
Dimitri Karamasoff
 
1931 Danton
Danton
 
1930 The Love Storm
Captain Kell
 
1930 The Dreyfus Case
Alfred Dreyfus
 
1930 Der Andere
Staatsanwalt Hallers
 
1929 Giftgas
Konzernpräsident Straaten
 
1929 Atlantik
Heinrich Thomas, author
 
1929 Die Nacht des Schreckens
 
1929 The Ship of Lost Men
Capt. Fernando Vela
 
1929 Die Frau im Talar
Konsul Backhaug
 
1929 Three Loves
Dr. Karoff
 
1929 The Somnambulist
Fabrikant Bingen
 
1929 Pandora's Box
Dr. Ludwig Schön
 
1928 The Last Night
Montaloup
 
1928 Marquis d'Eon, der Spion der Pompadour
Zar Paul von Rußland
 
1928 Mein Leben für das Deine
Frontenac
 
1928 Dame Care
Der alte Meyhöfer
 
1927 Maria Stuart, Teil 1 und 2
Marschall Bothwell
 
1927 Die Geliebte des Gouverneurs
Zarewitsch Alexander/Gouverneurs Sohn
 
1927 Caught in Berlin's Underworld
Lord
 
1927 Alpentragödie
Mairas Vater
 
1927 Students' Love
 
1927 Mata Hari: the Red Dancer
Graf Bobrykin
 
1927 Das Leben des Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
 
1927 Draga Maschin
 
1926 Dürfen wir schweigen?
Der annoncierender Arzt
 
1924 Kiedy kobieta zdradza meza
Lokaj
 
1924 Moderne Ehen
Diener
 
1924 The Hands of Orlac
Nera
 
1924 Armes kleines Mädchen (short)
 
1924 Dr. Wislizenus
Dr. Wislizenus
 
1923 Ein Weib, ein Tier, ein Diamant
Urmensch
 
1923 Warning Shadows
The count
 
1923 Nora
Krogstadt, Rechtsanwalt
 
1923 Arme Sünderin
Canary
 
1922 Am Rande der Großstadt
 
1922 Sterbende Völker - 2. Brennendes Meer
 
1922 Der Ruf des Schicksals
 
1922 Sterbende Völker - 1. Heimat in Not
 
1922 Peter the Great
Patriarch Adrian
 
1922 Der Graf von Essex
Lord Nottingham
 
1922 Luise Millerin
Miller
 
1921 Der Eisenbahnkönig, 1. Teil - Mensch und Mammon
 
1921 Der Eisenbahnkönig, 2. Teil - Lauernder Tod
 
1921 Hintertreppe
Der Postbote
 
1921 Die Jagd nach der Wahrheit
 
1921 Aus dem Schwarzbuch eines Polizeikommissars, 1. Teil - Loge Nr. 11
Der Krüppel
 
1921 Danton
 
1921 Landstraße und Großstadt
Mendel Hammerstein
 
1921 The Genoa Conspiracy
Gianettino
 
1921 Haschisch, das Paradies der Hölle
Sultan
 
1921 Das Haus der Qualen
Arzt
 
1921 Das Haus zum Mond
Jan van Haag - Wachsfigurenhändler
 
1921 Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha - 3. Teil
Bhima, Bruder des Maharadschas
 
1921 Die Brüder Karamasoff
Der alte Karamasoff
 
1921 Am roten Kliff
Henning Rinkens
 
1920 Die Nacht der Königin Isabeau
Connetable
 
1920 Weltbrand
Iwan Becker
 
1920 Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter
 
1920 Catherine the Great
Potemkin
 
1920 Va banque
S. M. Wulff
 
1920 Gerechtigkeit
 
1920 Satanas
Pharao Amenhotep
 
1920 Die Verschleierte
 
1919 Else von Erlenhof (short)
 
1919 Ohne Zeugen
 
1919 Das Auge des Buddha
indischer Diener
 
1918 Der Sonnwendhof
 
1918 Frauenehre (short)
Jagdgehilfe
 
1918 Das andere Ich
Professor
 
1918 Der Stärkere (short)
 
1918 Der Märtyrer seines Herzens
Ludwig van Beethoven
 
1917 Der Brief einer Toten (short)
 
1916 Das zweite Leben
 
1915 Police Nr. 1111
Mac Waldy
 
1915 Das Geheimnis von D.14
 
1915 Im Banne der Vergangenheit
 
1915 Manya, die Türkin
 
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1970 Clavigo (TV movie) (theatre version)
 
1969 Der Sturm (TV movie) (theatre version)
 
1969 Der Vater (TV movie) (theatre version)
 
1964 Der eingebildete Kranke (TV movie) (theatre version)
 
1963 Leonce und Lena (TV movie)
 
1961 Die Sendung der Lysistrata (TV movie)
 
1958 Androklus und der Löwe (TV movie)
 
1955 Sarajevo
 
1955 Die Stadt ist voller Geheimnisse
 
1932 A Girl You Don't Forget
 
1931 Der brave Sünder
 
1919 Else von Erlenhof (short)
 
1918 Gregor Marold (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (12 titles)
1970 Clavigo (TV movie) (teleplay)
 
1969 Der Sturm (TV movie) (teleplay)
 
1969 Der Vater (TV movie) (teleplay)
 
1964 Der eingebildete Kranke (TV movie) (teleplay / translation)
 
1961 Die Sendung der Lysistrata (TV movie)
 
1955 Die Stadt ist voller Geheimnisse
 
1949 Der Ruf (writer)
 
1943 The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (screenplay / story)
 
1936 A Clown Must Laugh (uncredited)
 
1931 Der brave Sünder
 
1927 Die Geliebte des Gouverneurs (screenplay)
 
1918 Der Märtyrer seines Herzens (writer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1971 Emilia Galotti (TV movie) (theatre director)
 
1970 Clavigo (TV movie) (directed for stage)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
1966 Fritz Kortner spricht Monologe für eine Schallplatte (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1965 Fünfter Akt, siebte Szene. Fritz Kortner probt Kabale und Liebe (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1930 Die große Sehnsucht
Himself, Fritz Kortner
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (6 titles)
2002 Das Jahrhundert des Theaters (TV series)
Himself
 
1995 Hitler: A Profile
Himself (uncredited)
 
1980 Kortnergeschichten (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1977 Hitler, a Career (documentary)
Himself
 
1940 The Eternal Jew (documentary)
Dimitri Karamasoff
 
1937 Jews without Masks (documentary short)
 

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Versatile star character actor, noted for his portrayal of Danton on stage and screen. Son of a jeweller. Studied acting at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Vienna, making his theatrical debut in 1910. Came to fame after 1919 with Max Reinhardt's Deutsches Theater in Berlin, appearing in classical parts such as Shylock and Othello... See more »

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